So racist haha. Very on-brand for France honestly.

Sympathy? They voted for this, twice.

Well their goal is to have the most uneducated populace in the US so this is pretty on brand

the anti-LGBTQ agenda was pretty overt, what did they think they were getting? do they know who DeSantis is? I’m convinced these people either don’t exist or are some of the dumbest people on the planet.

White Men commit mass shootings at 1000x the rate of trans people so

I might poke around it but I barely even use Instagram. But with Elon imploding Twitter, this is probably the best time for them to Launch.

Conservatives want to eradicate anyone that isn’t Straight, White, and Christian, so why would I ever move to a red state if I’m not in that group?

It’s now legal to have a WHITES ONLY sign out front.

There are many many reasons… and everyone replying to you is talking about them all

1. a “better” candidate by most academic standards is more likely to be wealthy and, in the US, that means more likely to be White. Simply put, White people have more generational wealth, which makes them more able to participate in extracurriculars, more time to study, less general stress.

2. If a college wants to create a more holistic education than just academic, it benefits them to have a diverse student body. The more diverse the student body, the more tolerant and open minded your graduates will be. They’ll be more open to listening to people that don’t look like them, and society will be better for it.

and then there’s 3) The elite in this country have always been and thus have been biased towards Straight White Men. Without guardrails in place, they will select more Straight White Men, and we will regress.

Sad, but expected. I’m surprised it lasted as long as it did. Just another casualty in Conservatives’ war on equality.

yeah looks like only 3.6 mil people stopped using the site (out of 52 mil) but I have no clue what was even left during the blackout. Did people just not notice?

My favorite part of the audio is when he calls for someone to bring them all some cokes. I forgot that he drinks like a dozen a day and it was very weird hearing him call for soda while he commits a felony.

My friends used to ask me why I pirate shows that are on common streaming services and now I can point out some of the shows that are disappearing completely.

i’m sorry but the cables on the OUTSIDE of the sub? hell even just LOOKING at the damn thing. And once I saw the controller I’d be out so quick.

Sync was widely regarded as the best third-party app for Android. I preferred a different one, but I don’t think it’s shutting down for another 10 days, so you can always open it up and try it

And didn’t the Catholic Church shuffle around what books were included in the Bible over the years? Like didn’t they take a bunch of books out?

Now that’s the word of God. It’s eternal, unchanging

Hasn’t the Bible been translated from Greek and Hebrew multiple times?

I haven’t owned any Apple products since the ipod nano in 2005, and have only used Linux, specifically Ubuntu), since 2008 (then my sophomore year in college) for exactly the reasons your colleague spells out. I try to use open-source software whenever possible. Apple is the most closed-source vendor available to me, so I have no intention of ever using their products. When I was a teenager / early 20s I would espouse the evils of Apple to anyone who was nearby, whether they wanted to listen or not. Now, I cringe at the memory of that behavior and let people live their lives.

I do see why your colleague connected the dots between your two separate arguments, and I do see where they’re coming from. The idea of Freedom of Scientific Information and FOSS do have many parallels, but I don’t think you need to beat yourself up over using Apple vs more open-sourced software. I don’t really think there’s anything particularly wrong with Apple devices, and when my current laptop starts to go I might even consider one of their offerings. But my needs are simple enough that Ubuntu has always worked for me. As far as phones, I just like Android better (and more of it is open-sourced).